Kustov S.Yu.1, Shamshev I.V.2 2022. Three new species of empidid dance flies of the genus Empis Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Empididae) from Namibia // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.31. No.2: 194–200 [in English].
1 Kuban State University, Stavropol’skaya str., 149, Krasnodar 350040, Russia. E-mail: semenkustov@rambler.ru
2 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia. E-mail: shamshev@mail.ru
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.31.2.19
ABSTRACT. Three new species of empidid dance flies of the nominative subgenus of the genus Empis Linnaeus (Diptera: Empididae) are described from Namibia (Windhoek env.): Empis (Empis) khomasiensis Kustov et Shamshev, sp.n.; E. (E.) namibiensis Kustov et Shamshev, sp.n.; E. (E.) windhoekiensis Kustov et Shamshev, sp.n.
KEY WORDS. Diptera, Empididae, Empis, Afrotropics, Namibia, new species.